TV Thread

[Cotton]

I think he's down to Discovery+ and Crackle.

I've never heard of Crackle.

 

[Rev]

I've never heard of Crackle.

Me neither. I thought he was talking about that old candy bar.

 

[Genghis Khan]

I think eventually all of them will go to ads at some point. I know Disney+ will be rolling out a service that includes ads as well.

As NoDak mentioned, I think all these streaming companies will end up offering cheaper/basic ad supported versions of their service and the more expensive ad-free packages.

You're right, but I think it's the wrong path. People turned to streaming platforms to get away from the price gouging of cable. And streaming services are more convenient and reliable than pirating so a lot of people don't mind spending a few bucks for the convenience.

But if streaming basically does the same thing cable does - high prices, exclusive content, making you pay for things you don't want just to get the things you do want, and both charging you and making you watch ads (I remember the days when pay channels never ran ads)...well, the high seas will be deluged with swashbucklers, matey.

 

[1bigfan13]

Me neither. I thought he was talking about that old candy bar.

I used Crackle quite a bit around the 2015-2017 timeframe. It's free and it had a decent library of movies and TV shows. I'm not sure what their current library looks like.

 

[bbgun]

The Seinfeld-Michael Richards bits were pretty funny.

"Jerry, I'm Hitler's son-in-law."

 

[boozeman]

Paramount+, HBO Max, Discovery, Prime Video, Hulu, Apple TV. And that doesn't even count On Demand through Dish.

Prime is somewhat woke. HBO is quite woke.

 

[boozeman]

I used Crackle quite a bit around the 2015-2017 timeframe. It's free and it had a decent library of movies and TV shows. I'm not sure what their current library looks like.

It is just a name now. Definitely not the same.

 

[Cotton]

Prime is somewhat woke. HBO is quite woke.

I don't pay for the HBO account.

 

[boozeman]

 

[bbgun]

"Sensitive content" warnings are fucking annoying. Elon, are you listening?

 

[Cotton]

I love how Twitter covered it as "sensitive material".

 

[bbgun]

I love how Twitter covered it as "sensitive material".

I'm guessing it was Cosby-related.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

That All in the Family clip... I didn't even know George Jefferson was played by a different actor.

 

[bbgun]

That All in the Family clip... I didn't even know George Jefferson was played by a different actor.

That was George's brother, Henry

 

[Chocolate Lab]

That was George's brother, Henry

Ah, okay. I barely ever saw AitF.

 

[Genghis Khan]

I hated the Cosby show so much. There was nothing funny in that scene, and yet, laughter and applause from the audience. One of the worst sitcoms ever.

 

[boozeman]

Ah, okay. I barely ever saw AitF.

This is like mistaking Ralph Furley for Stanley Roper.

 

[boozeman]

I hated the Cosby show so much. There was nothing funny in that scene, and yet, laughter and applause from the audience. One of the worst sitcoms ever.

It was complete and utter garbage. I actually liked some of Cosby's work prior to that (Fat Albert and Himself), but that was just crap.

A lot of that era was crap in terms of diverse shows. You got all kinds of stupid shit like Webster and Silver Spoons.

 

[Genghis Khan]

I actually liked some of Cosby's work prior to that (Fat Albert and Himself)

Yep, me too. I don't know what happened but the Cosby Show was just garbage.

 

[boozeman]

Yep, me too. I don't know what happened but the Cosby Show was just garbage.

He was a rapist sell out.